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Trump renominates 21 federal judges sent back by Senate

Two weeks after the Senate returned 100 nominations made by President Trump to various positions in the federal government, the White House on Friday again nominated 21 of those choices, officially re-starting the nomination process for six appeals court judges and fifteen federal district judges, but leaving out three nominees who had run into Senate opposition in recent months.

“Today, the President announced his intent to renominate 21 individuals who were nominated to be Federal judges last year,” the White House said in a written statement, making no reference as to why Mr. Trump had been forced to nominate them for a second time.

“The President looks forward to the swift confirmation of these nominees,” the White House statement added.

Another judge not re-nominated by President Trump was Jeffrey Carl Mateer of Texas, who had come under scrutiny for speeches he made in 2015, in which he said transgender children were part of “Satan’s plan.”

Two others picked in 2016, but not selected again today, were Damien Michael Schiff and Stephen S. Schwartz, who were nominated as judges for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

The President’s nominees had been returned to the White House under a seldom-used rule in the Senate, which clearly states that if nominations have not been acted on by the end of a session of Congress, then barring an agreement among Senators, they are sent back.